MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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